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KHQ – USA Boxing Championships Announcement 2/19/2013
Spokane Scores Knockout With 4-Year USA Boxing Deal Updated: Feb 19, 2013 1:31 PM PST Northern Quest Resort & Casino hosted the USA Olympic Team Trials last year (Photo: SWX) SPOKANE, Wash. -Spokane will be home to the USA Boxing Championships for the next four years, the Spokane Sports Commission announced Tuesday.The 2013 championships will be March 31-April 6. Preliminary rounds will be at the Hub Sports Center in Spokane Valley, with the final rounds at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights.The announcement comes after...
read moreSpokesman Review Pickleball Article 1/26/2013
Seniors serve up exercise and fun on pickleball court Nicole Hensley Spokesman Review January 26, 2013 They’re a diverse bunch of seniors, all trying to stay fit by playing pickleball. The oldest player, 92-year-old Jeff Glouser, is a former tennis coach who keeps up with spunky 62-year-old Margie Rone, who only started playing about a month ago. Another player, Ron McIntee, 75, has macular degeneration and can only see the neon green whiffle ball when it bounces against a dark background. Sunny Lynne Gray sells the sport as the most...
read moreHUB 360 After-school Program
Great article about the HUB 360 after school program for middle school students in the January 2013 edition of The Current where it is the nonprofit spotlight article. Click “HUB branches out with after-school program” to view the article.
read moreSpokesman Review Article HUB 360 Program 11/17/2012
A HUB for after-school fun Program allows students to learn, expend energy November 17, 2012 in Washington Voices By Lisa Leinberger The Spokesman-Review A group of middle-schoolers bounded through the doors of the HUB Sports Center after school Tuesday. They were laughing and joking and full of energy, but most of all, they were excited for their afternoon activities. “We love dodgeball,” said Landon Strawn, a sixth-grader. “Dodgeball is the best.” The students are all from Greenacres Middle School, not far from the HUB, and...
read moreLiberty Lake Splash 5-year Anniversary Article 9/19/2012
HUB turns 5, turning the corner 9/19/2012 9:30:10 AM By Josh Johnson Splash Staff Writer When Phil Champlin took the reins of the HUB Sports Center early in 2010, the building the nonprofit leased was about to go back up for sale, and the cities of Liberty Lake and Spokane Valley were being courted as potential owners. Built as Sports USA in 2004, the facility never was able to find its footing and eventually closed down. In 2007, a group of community leaders led by a local pastor, Ian Robertson, came in to give it another shot,...
read moreSpokesman Review 5-year Anniversary Article 9/22/2012
September 22, 2012 in Washington Voices HUB of activity again Sports and events center turns things around, director excited for future Lisa Leinberger The Spokesman-Review Two years ago, the HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo Road, almost closed its doors. The building was for sale and executive director Phil Champlin was booking activities on a month-to-month basis. Since then, the HUB has turned things around. Champlin said they are now operating in the black and have taken the building off the market. “We’ve come a long...
read moreJumpers for Japan
Posted by Lisa The Spokesman Review March 16, 2011 Kids and grownups throughout the area can participate in Jumpers for Japan, a shoot-a-thon to raise money for the Red Cross Japan Tsunami relief fund March 27 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Hub Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo. From Phil Champlin, executive director of the Hub: “Check and cash donations are due at the door to participate to shoot jump shots. Times to shoot are open. Each participant will need to allow twenty minutes to complete shooting 50 jump shots. There will be food, music,...
read moreHUB officials remain encouraged about future of facility
By CRAIG HOWARD The Spokane Valley News Herald News Editor 01/01/2010 Phil Champlin is familiar with the embattled history of the community multipurpose venue he now calls home. He knows about the ballyhooed launch of Sports USA back in 2004 when the facility opened with a goal of becoming the area’s first blend of athletic club and regional sports arena but fizzled out in less than two years after Sports USA President Kert Carlson failed to muster support from new investors. He has heard about the time when the building, featuring nearly...
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